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Steps (24)

Clearance through Zanzibar port (24)

1 Contract a clearing agent

2 Book shipping space with shipping line

3 Lodge custom documents (TRA)

4 Obtain letter for stuffing

5 Obtain TRA letter of allocation

6 Obtain lifting charges invoice

7 Pay lifting charges

8 Obtain official receipt

9 Obtain stamped stuffing letter from Port Director

10 Obtain stamped stuffing letter from Director of Operation

11 Obtain stamped stuffing letter from export office

12 Obtain stamped stuffing letter from yard office

13 Obtain empty container

14 Request for consignment inspection and stuffing

15 Consignment inspection and stuffing

16 Obtain container gross mass certificate

17 Obtain shipping order

18 Obtain wharfage charges invoice

19 Pay wharfage charges

20 Obtain official receipt

21 Submit shipping order for stamp

22 Scanning of the container

23 Obtain release order

24 Submit stamped documents

Summary of the procedure

Institutions involved 9

Clearing Agent

1

Shipping Agents

2

Tanzania Custom Intergrated System

3

The Shipping Corporation of Zanzibar (SHIPCO) (x 2)

4 17

TANZANIA REVENUE AUTHORITY - ZANZIBAR PORTS CUSTOMS OFFICE (x 5)

5 14 15 22 23

Zanzibar Ports Corporation (head office) (x 5)

6 8 9 18 20

The People's Bank of Zanzibar (PBZ) (x 2)

7 19

Zanzibar Ports Corporation (ZPC) (x 6)

10 11 12 13 21 24

weighbridge company

16

Results 1

Release order

23

Required Documents

Clearing agent's authorization letter for customs (x 3)

1 3 14

Commercial invoice (x 5)

1 3 14 15 15

Packing list (x 4)

1 3 14 15

Tax Identification Number certificate (x 3)

1 3 15

Permission to export seaweeds (x 4)

1 3 14 15

Export permit (MT & I) (x 4)

1 3 14 15

Phytosanitary certificate (Zanzibar) (x 4)

1 3 14 15

EAC certificate of origin (x 4)

1 3 14 15

Health certificate for export (x 4)

1 3 14 15

Application letter for booking (x 2)

2 4

Shipping agent confirmation letter (x 2)

4 6

Stuffing request letter (x 5)

5 9 10 12 13

Profoma invoice (ZPC) (x 2)

7 19

PBZ Stamped banksSlip (x 2)

8 20

Stuffing request letter

11

Official receipt (ZPC) (x 4)

13 14 15 21

Tanzania Single Administrative Document (TANSAD) (x 3)

14 15 22

Allocation letter for stuffing outside the port (x 2)

14 15

Container gross mass certificate (x 3)

17 18 24

Shipping order (Zanzibar)

21

Stamped shipping order (ZPC)

23

Shipping order with TRA stamp

24

Estimated cost TZS 60,000 +USD 58

TZS

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This is an estimate based on a series of assumptions which you can modify to calculate your own costs:

Cost detail	Estimate your cost
- TZS 0 - 3 % Free On Board (FOB) Clearing agent fees-estimate	0
USD 8 Lifting fee for a 20ft container
USD 50 Lifting fee for a 20ft container
TZS 60,000 Weight fee for a 20ft container
- TZS 0 - TZS 20,000 per Consignment Shipping order fee	0
- TZS 0 - 18 % Value Added Tax	0
- USD 0 - USD 90 per container Fee for a full container 20ft	0
- USD 0 - USD 50 per container Fee for a full container load 20ft	0

Total Duration 1h. 5mn - 2d 1/2

	Min.	Max.
Total time (sum):	1h. 5mn	2d 1/2
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum):	30mn	2h. 55mn
Attention at counter:	35mn	3h. 5mn
Waiting time until next step (sum):	0mn	1d 1/2

Laws 5

East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 (Revised Edition 2017)

East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 (Revised Edition 2019)
Sections 41, 73, 74, 75, 76, 82, 123, 145, 146, 147, 148, 181, 187, 188, 189